Tag: biography
Beverly Hills Noir by Scott Huver
Beverly Hills Noir, Scott Huver, Crime Sin & Scandal in 90210- Vintage Los Angeles personified!
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The Language of the Night by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Language of the Night, Ursula K. Le Guin, Scribner – Featuring a new introduction by Ken Liu, this revised edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s first full-length collection of essays covers her background as a writer and educator, on fantasy and science fiction, on writing, and on the future of literary science fiction.
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Books to Read: Looking Up by Matthew Cappucci
Books to Read: Looking Up, Matthew Cappucci, Pegasus Books -An energetic and electrifying narrative about all things weather—by one of today’s rising meteorological stars.
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Books to Read: Deliberate Cruelty by Roseanne Montillo
Deliberate Cruelty, Roseanne Montillo, Atria Books – When Ann Woodward shot her husband, banking heir Billy Woodward, in the middle of the night in 1955, her life changed forever.
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Books to Read: Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley
Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman, Lucy Worsley, Pegasus Crime – A new, fascinating account of the life of Agatha Christie from celebrated literary and cultural historian Lucy Worsley.
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Books to Read: Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula
Books to read: Lugosi, Koren Shadmi, Life Drawn – The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula
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Books to Read: Written in Bone by Sue Black
Written in Bone, Sue Black, Arcade – From the author of All That Remains, a tour through the human skeleton and the secrets our bones reveal. Longlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association ALCS Gold Dagger for Nonfiction.
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House of Glass by Hadley Freeman
House of Glass, Hadley Freeman, Simon & Schuster – A writer investigates her family’s secret history, uncovering a story that spans a century, two World Wars, and three generations.
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Elvis in Vegas by Richard Zoglin
Elvis in Vegas, Richard Zoglin, Simon and Schuster – The story of how Las Vegas saved Elvis and Elvis saved Las Vegas in the greatest musical comeback of all time.
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All that Remains by Dame Sue Black
All that Remains, Dame Sue Black, Arcade – Dame Sue Black is an internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist.
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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know by Colm Toibin
Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know, Colm Toibin, Scribner – From Colm Tóibín, the formidable award-winning author of The Master and Brooklyn, an illuminating, intimate study of Irish culture, history, and literature told through the lives and work of three men—William Wilde, John Butler Yeats, and John Stanislaus Joyce—and the complicated, influential relationships they had with their complicated sons.
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Playing to the Gods by Peter Rader
Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse, and the Rivalry that Changed Acting Forever, Peter Rader, Simon & Schuster – The riveting story of the rivalry between the two most renowned actresses of the nineteenth century
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